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2.
$
(
$1
, 2767), “to mix, to mingle,” chiefly of the diluting of wine,
implies “a mixing of two things, so that they are blended and form a compound, as in
wine and water, whereas
$
(No. 1) implies a mixing without such composition, as
in two sorts of grain” (Liddell and Scott,
6 @!
). It is used in Rev. 18:6 (twice); in 14:10,
RV
, “prepared” (marg., “mingled”;
KJV
, “poured out”), lit., “mingled,” followed by
, “unmixed, pure” ( , negative, and
, an adjective, from this verb
$
), the two together forming an oxymoron, the combination in one phrase of
two terms that are ordinarily contradictory.¶
Note:
For the verb
$
, “to mingle with myrrh,” Mark 15:23, see
MYRRH
.¶
MINISTER (Noun and Verb)
A. Nouns.
1.
(
1
, 1249), “a servant, attendant, minister, deacon,” is translated
“minister” in Mark 10:43; Rom. 13:4 (twice); 15:8; 1 Cor. 3:5; 2 Cor. 3:6; 6:4; 11:15
(twice); Gal. 2:17; Eph. 6:21; Col. 1:7, 23, 25; 4:7; 1 Thess. 3:2; 1 Tim. 4:6. See
DEACON
.
2.
$
(
$
, 3011) denoted among the Greeks, firstly, “one who
discharged a public office at his own expense,” then, in general, “a public servant,
minister.” In the NT it is used (a) of Christ, as a “Minister of the sanctuary” (in the
Heavens), Heb. 8:2; (b) of angels, Heb. 1:7 (Ps. 104:4); (c) of the apostle Paul, in his
evangelical ministry, fulfilling it as a serving priest, Rom. 15:16; that he used it
figuratively and not in an ecclesiastical sense, is obvious from the context; (d) of
Epaphroditus, as ministering to Paul’s needs on behalf of the church at Philippi, Phil.
2:25; here, representative service is in view; (e) of earthly rulers, who though they do not
all act consciously as servants of God, yet discharge functions which are the ordinance of
God, Rom. 13:6.¶
3.
$
(
% $!
, 5257), properly “an under rower” (
$
, “under,”
, “a
rower”), as distinguished from
$
, “a seaman” (a meaning which lapsed from the
word), hence came to denote “any subordinate acting under another’s direction”; in Luke
4:20,
RV
, “attendant,”
KJV
, “minister” it signifies the attendant at the synagogue service;
in Acts 13:5, it is said of John Mark,
RV
, “attendant,”
KJV
, “minister;” in Acts 26:16, “a
minister,” it is said of Paul as a servant of Christ in the gospel; so in 1 Cor. 4:1, where the
apostle associates others with himself, as Apollos and Cephas, as “ministers of Christ.”
See
ATTEND
, C,
OFFICER
.
Note:
Other synonymous nouns are
$
, “a bondservant”;
, “a household
servant”;
, “a hired servant”;
(ditto);
, “a boy, a household
servant.” For all these see
SERVANT
. Speaking broadly,
views a servant in
relation to his work; doulos, in relation to his master;
$
, in relation to his
superior;
$
, in relation to public service.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
!
, 1247), akin to A, No. 1, signifies “to be a servant, attendant,
to serve, wait upon, minister.” In the following it is translated “to minister,” except where